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(...) But did you notice the female guard of the castle? No closeups, just a glimpse of red lips in the big castle photo. It might be the same face as the maiden fair, but it's hard to tell for sure from the photo. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Guys please help me identify this brick and may I know where can I get them Thanks Leroy ___...___ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: (URL) MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Leroy, do you have a website somewhere that you can put up a picture? The reason being that Lugnet is a news-only news server - ie, no pictures. If you don't, you're welcome to e-mail me the gif (as a file attachment, please), and I'll take a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snipped stuff> (...) Leroy took me up on that, and e-mailed me the gif, my reply is below: Ah. What you are looking for is frequently called a "1x4/2x2 hinge brick". They're not exactly rare, but they aren't very common anymore, either. Your (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) ? (...) 6075 (...) LUGNET (...) KMART (...) Heh. Yes, I realize that the yellow castle WAS eventually released in the US. But it was released in Europe in 1978, so there was a period 2-3 years during which castle sets were available in Europe (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) glimpse (...) It *may* be a new face, it is hard to tell. Looking at my catalog, she appears to have lips similar to the old Pirate babe ("Full"? "Pouty"? Can anyone think of a good word? I'm pretty sure they're different from the Princess's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Craig, your minifig ideas (as usual) sound great. I've been hankering after the pirate with the white shirt and tan vest for this very use, in order to build the final scene from "The Highwayman"; but he's rather rare, only from 6277 and 6286. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I am rushing home to build my swashbuckler. Black adventurer hat with white plume like Scaramouche/Cyrano, black cape, cutlass, dagger and maybe a pirate pistol (flintlock) I'll use the smirking smug adventurer head. Thanks for the tips Craig. Last (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd dearly love one of those as well. Would that be the Noyes poem "The Highwayman" (set to music by Loreena McKennit, among others?) A great poem (and song), but a little...er...*dark* for LEGO 'figs, no? Especially that final scene? (...) If (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) jeff ~ would you belive that the lorena mc-kennit song is what inspired me to make this fig!? poor forest babe got bound! i love building "dark" things from lego. the juxtaposition is interesting.(~ & funny; especially when mini-figs are (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Sure. That song was the first one of hers I ever heard, playing in a record store. I stood there and listened to it and wound up buying the CD after it was done. BTW, the other option for the Highwayman hat would be the tricorns from the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually (resizing and enhancing the scanned image), it almost looks like the female head from Adventurers... Hey! I just realized that her torso has a print for 'feminine armor'! :):) Well, ok, I'm not 100% sure (it's a tiny picture!). And (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well if you're gonna have a female wearing armor, you've got to take those features into account! (Female fencers in the real world do). Kevin (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Any armorer in... 1) A Frazetta painting 2) A Dungeons & Dragons illustration 3) An Operad-sd 4) A Fantasy Movie etc, etc, etc. Armor with... ahem... feminine features is a pretty common thing in fictional sword-and-sorcery settings, which (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Anybody seen Xena Warrior Princess lately?????? -Nick Steve Bliss wrote in message <8thPOAILDokZwCUfsfS...ax.com>... (...) <snip> (...) idea -- (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm pretty sure it isn't Gail Storm. The eyse are different. (...) It doesn't appear to be form fitting armor. It *is* a shweet new Plate Mail design, though. There may be an opening showing off some of her cleavage, but it could just as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) yeah, she was over here at my place sunday night, and we were enjoying a couple of glasses of wine by the fire... meanwhile, back in reality: i just saw the magnificent "fallen angel" episode. one day i'll post pics of my xena & gabrielle (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Loreena Mckennitt is a great singer and musician! The first time I heard "The Highwayman", it brought a tear to my eye. It is just so hauntingly beautiful! My other favorites by her include "Bonny Portmore", "All Souls Night", "Between the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Anybody here know the real name of the cowpack guys? Also, how many different cowpack guys are there? I can't really tell...but it looks like two or three. I think I'm most looking forward to them of all the new castle minifigs. (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, according to Hugh's site one of the sets is the "Bull's Attack" I don't really know if that names ALL of them though. Chris (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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